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JOHN MONGAN graduated from Stanford with a BS in chemistry. He is a self-taught programmer and has been working as a consultant for Autodesk for the past two years. He has three pending patents on software testing and related technologies.

NOAH SUOJANEN graduated from Stanford with a BS in computer science. He has worked for USWeb and Boeing and is currently working for contact.com.

The Job Application Process.

Approaches to Programming Problems.

Linked Lists.

Trees and Graphs.

Arrays and Strings.

Recursion.

Other Programming Topics.

Counting, Measuring, and Ordering Puzzles.

Graphical and Spatial Puzzles.

Knowledge-Based Questions.

Non-Technical Questions.

Appendix.

Index.

Although designed for computer science undergraduates, this odd but intriguing book will find a broader readership because of its interesting discussion of problems and solutions. The author, both veteran programmers, based this work on questions they were asked during interviews with big league companies. About 22 pages cover social etiquette and dress and about 220 pages deal with solving programming queries that interviewers pose, from linked lists and tree navigation to sorting and recursion; highly recommended for all college, university, and large public libraries.